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    • CommentAuthorj.hobbs
    • CommentTimeJul 21st 2010 edited
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    Hi Boagworld,

    I was just wondering if anyone could recommend a website/piece of software that could be used to host a discussion forum, linked to from an organisation's website? We're looking to migrate onto a SharePoint platform in the future but at the moment the functionality of the site is limiting; so I'm hoping there's an application out there that we could use to tag on some discussion forum functionality to a particular part of the site.

    Any ideas, suggestions and help would be greatly appreciated!

    Thanks,

    Jess
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      CommentAuthorDoug S.
    • CommentTimeJul 21st 2010
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    Symphony CMS has a pretty good Forum system but if you want just a raw forum you can tack on to any existing system and have it sit apart... Vanilla. It's what's in use here on Boagworld and I've seen it a few other places. It is far and away my favorite forum.
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      CommentAuthorPaul Boag
    • CommentTimeJul 22nd 2010
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    Hi Jess,
    we use getvanilla.com for this forum.

    As for sharepoint, avoid it like the plague. Its fine as long as you don't want to customise it in anyway whatsoever.

    Hope that helps.
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    Doug S. wrote: Symphony CMS has a pretty good Forum system

    Are you on their payroll or something?
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      CommentAuthorDoug S.
    • CommentTimeJul 22nd 2010
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    Martin Bean wrote: Are you on their payroll or something?

    Worse. I just really like the way Symphony does things. Symphony doesn't get a lot of press in the dev world and I can't figure out why. So when I get the chance I like to scream, "Symphony rules!"
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    Doug S. wrote: Worse. I just really like the way Symphony does things. Symphony doesn't get a lot of press in the dev world and I can't figure out why. So when I get the chance I like to scream, "Symphony rules!"

    OK then.
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      CommentAuthorLeesy
    • CommentTimeJul 24th 2010
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    Paul Boag wrote: we use getvanilla.com for this forum.

    As for sharepoint, avoid it like the plague. Its fine as long as you don't want to customise it in anyway whatsoever.

    A +1 for both avoiding Sharepoint and using Vanilla as a forum. If you do go with Vanilla, make sure you download Vanilla 2. It's listed as in development but it's very stable and a lot easier to use than Vanilla 1.
    • CommentAuthorRaize
    • CommentTimeJul 26th 2010 edited
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    The release version of Vanilla 2 is out now, get it at http://vanillaforums.org

    It's literally the future of forums, and boagworld is a really great customization of the Vanilla core (albeit version 1)
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      CommentAuthorLeesy
    • CommentTimeJul 26th 2010
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    There was this one slacker who offered to help get this forum onto Vanilla 2 but he hasn't got off his backside yet. I'm of course talking about myself :)

    If anyone feels like taking the BoagWorld look & feel then creating a Vanilla 2 theme with it, you'd be doing us a favour! I will get around to it eventually but I get married next month so that has to come first at the moment.
    • CommentAuthorj.hobbs
    • CommentTimeJul 29th 2010 edited
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    Thanks very much for the feedback! Sounds like Vanilla is the best option so I'll definitely look into it (love the look of the Boagworld forum, so it's a good advert for it!)

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